We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.

WT/GC/274, China's position paper regarding special and differential treatment in the @wto.org - 24 September 2025

“Jimmy Wales rebuilt the library of Alexandria using nothing more than nerds’ need to correct one another”

Thanks! It does sound weird though!

I mean, it seems to be working for the fish...

Academic BSK, how would you cite an article in the British Yearbook of International Law 2021, when there is still no physical version? I went with "forthcoming", but in 2025 it just sounds sloppy (on my part...). Any alternatives? Are we just DOIing references now?

Closing LIEI 52(3), Davide Genini examines fiscal instruments developed after the invasion of Ukraine for EU joint borrowing, arguing that unified fiscal capacity, which would produce a quantum leap in European integration, nonetheless remains exceptional. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

I guess one question that helps is "Would I have to actually do research and reflection to write this part or is this just ideas I have material and thoughts on but did not put in the PhD due to word limit/fear of the jury?" In the affirmative, adding it should be possible.

I did that, but I suspect the answer is still "yes". My advice to everyone else is "Publish something as close to the PhD as you can get away with".

In LIEI 52(3), Arianna Andreangeli examines how the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act applies to algorithms that determine prices offered to consumers, arguing that price differentiation algorithms may prejudice the EU internal market and breach EU competition law. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

In LIEI 52(3), Mira Burri, María Vásquez Callo-Müller and Anja Mesmer map and analyse the novel phenomenon of Digital Economic Agreements, focusing exclusively on digital trade and establishing dedicated regulatory frameworks for the data-driven economy. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

And of course updated map

Peter's full analysis of the issue is here: tradebetablog.wordpress.com/tag/fisherie...

The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, the WTO's first environmental agreement, is now in force! To ensure it works, all large WTO Members must ratify it. Here's @coppetainpu.bsky.social's helpful visual of countries that still have not yet ratified (Brazil, Kenya, Tonga & Vietnam ratified today!).

🎉 The @WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement is now in force–a big step to curb subsidies threatening #SustDev.

But the work isn’t over yet. It’s crucial to implement the agreement & conclude additional rules to #StopFundingOverfishing.

🔗 www.iisd.org/articles/sta...

1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.

www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

LIEI 52(3) is out! In the editorial, Johanna Aleria Lorenzo examines the alleged 'mission creep' at the International Monetary Fund, examining how the IMF's leadership, faced with the evolving complexity of global financial issues, has been fulfilling its mandate. kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

Tomorrow our new LLM students start. Today I prioritized:

❌️Ensuring that the Introduction slides provide perfect and fully updated practical information

✅️Turning the bland pop culture quiz into a quiz about 17th Century Amsterdam, the VOC, Grotius, Spinoza, and where students can visit this stuff.

European universities: we want to attract all the amazing researchers being driven away by new restrictions, funding cuts and unpredictability.

Also European universities: sorry, anyone wishing to bring their 2026 grant here should have applied in March 2024.

Excellent podcast on the state of and prospects for tariffs / deals / retaliation with @alanbeattie.bsky.social and @explaintrade.com. www.ft.com/content/d0a7...

Exhibit 7 for why the letters section of British newspapers is unparalleled.

I think we really ought to consider the dramatic rise in popularity of podcasts and video essays as conclusive disproof of the 'everyone hates lectures' idea in pedagogy. Turns out that, even when faced with many alternatives, many people just like to be told something at length.